In the countries of the Sorrento Peninsula to the custom of producing homemade liqueurs and spirits existed for time immemorial. In past centuries the families of Sorrento fact demonstrating its hospitality offering a great variety of spirits, all produced according to ancient recipes jealously handed down from generation to generation, a tradition still very prevalent today.

Among the typical liqueurs of Sorrento and its peninsula, Limoncello is certainly the best known and appreciated, but it is only the most famous of liqueurs that are produced in this area since ancient times.